Cotton chopper



26, 1930. J. w. FERGUSON 1,113,118

COTTON CHOPPER Filed July 5, 1928 Gwynne "Patented Aug. 2 6 193p UNITED s T .mmns WILLARD nnneoson, or SEABOARD, NORT CAROLINA co'r'ron CHOPPER,

Application filed July 5, 1923. Serial No. 290,576.

The invention relates to an agricultural machine forthinning cotton plants and has 1 for its object the provision of improved means for thinning the plants'comprising a shaft- .a that is actuated through connections with the ground wheels and having spaced crank arms on said shaft and inalinementon which are adj ustably mounted the chopper blades, said blades being adjustable relatively to one an- 10 other to. insure thinning the plants as may be desired so as to leave two or three or more plants in each hill.

The invention will be described in detail hereinafter and will be found, illustrated in the accompanying drawingsin which Figure 1 is a top plan View of the improved cotton chopper, 1 v Figure 12 is a longitudinalsectional view on a plane indicated by the line 22 of Figure 1, and i j Figure 3 isa transverse sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 8-3 of Figure 1'. o

'In the drawings similarsrefere nce characters are used to designate corresponding parts 7 throughout the several views.

The improved cotton chopper comprises a frame l having side bars 2, a front cross bar 3, and the rear ends of the side bars 2 converged as'shown at 4 with across bar 5se- 3 supporting thev front end of the frame 1,

' i What is claimed is cured between the converged ends of said side bars 2., Drag arms 6'a'resecured to the V 1 while the rear end of the frame islsupported 1 another on said crank arms 13 and 14 to provide for chopping out more or less of plants a in a hill. i

' The draft means COHIPIISGSR clevis 18 that i is secured to a bar 19 havingrearwardly e'x- 55 i tending arms 20 secured as shown at 21 to the side beams 2 of the frame 1, and22 indicates other bars connecting said bar 19 with the drag members 6 as shown at 23. 24 indicates the handles for the operator secured as at 25 tothe side bars 2 and 26 are braces for said handles 24. I

v1. In a cotton chopper, a shaft, means to rotate the shaft, spaced crank arms on said shaft, chopping blades, and means to secure said chopping blades to said crank arms,said means comprising clamps engaging said crank arms and blades and providing means for arranging the blades at selected distances from one another. 1

2.- In a cotton chopper, a shaft, meansto rotate the shaft, spaced crank arms on said shaft, chopping blades, and U-shapedQ clamping devices holding'said blades on the a crank arms and providing means'for arranging the blades at selected distances from one another. 2 v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

' JAMES WILLARD FERGUSON. 0

by drag feet 9 secured to the rear'cross bar 5 and curved rearwardly as shown, andspa'ced I laterally from one another so that said feet I V 11 and 12 secured to the shaft 10 and axle shaft. 7 respectively. Shaft 10 is formed alined with one anotherand towhich are adapted to be secured the shanks 16 of. chopmay slide on opposite sides of arrow of plants;

with spaced crank arms 13 and 14 that are 

